John B

Arsenal 33Cech 24Bellerín 20Mustafi 6Koscielny 18Monreal 34Coquelin 19Cazorla 14Walcott 11Özil 15Oxlade-Chamberlain 9Pérez Martínez Substitutes 7Sánchez 12Giroud 13Ospina 16Holding 17Iwobi 29Xhaka 35Elneny Southampton 1Forster 2Soares 6Fonte 17van Dijk 21Bertrand 14Romeu 4Clasie 8Davis 11Tadic 9Rodriguez 22Redmond Substitutes 3Yoshida 7Long 10Austin 13McCarthy 16Ward-Prowse 23Højbjerg 33Targett I dont recall us getting many points at Highbury over the last 50 years but of course Puel will get the blame if we lose today

Lots on here believe what they think is true

The club's strategy continues forward It is the only one available so we need to support it

I think fans have to be realistic and we have to accept how the club is being run with an emphasis on developing players. It would be great to bring in big name players like we did in the 1970s but today's players at top six clubs are are on huge wages which the club cannot afford or will not pay.

Cobblers is never interesting I would have thoughtbut maybe to you? Not sure who they expect SFC to sign in order to make them happy. The club are not going to buy people like Remy and Bony that sort of player is not what they want. I still think we need a striker but finding one who is going to score regularly is very difficult

So you take notice of a couple who you have no idea who they are and do not know their knowledge. I have no idea what he is like or whether SFC are going to purchase him but I do think we need another striker as I am not that confident about Austin Long and JRod. Two have been injured and not played very much football in the last year and the other one does not appear to be that clinical

Why would the team not stick together SFC pay their wages I think they should do within reason what SFC tells them

Yes you are correct we just cannot possibly become a better team if we lose influential players and coaches so I am not expecting us to be as competitive this season but I can see this team developing next season to be a very good one. Perhaps we will succeed in Europe with the new formation this season as we were pretty awful in Europe last season

What about Sir Alf and Ted Bates hardly charismatic

Yes I agree it is disappointing but hardly surprising realistically it is impossible for the team to improve every season with new players and coaches and a new system but I do feel that this squad could be really good in a couple of years if we support their development and not moan and whinge. But being in the Europa League is not going to help either with League position

Yes I agree I was going to add something like that but could not remember in detail what happened but I think I would be upset if I left somewhere to better myself after putting a lot of effort into the success which was achieved to receive a great deal of hate and vitriol without thinking of the other person's point of view. Liverpool v Spurs it is a shame both cannot lose

Lallana is a professional footballer not a delusional fan like you football is his job so it is not surprising that he left to go to one of the top clubs not only in this country but in the world instead of staying with us where he seems to be doing reasonably well.

No it is not a bad thing as we get players in who want to improve not dead beats who want to earn loads

Terry Paine was not a particularly likeable person either I believe but I am glad we signed him from Winchester

Probably with a young striker they are the ones who cost the most I dont think Saint Fred realises we have lost three goal keepers from last season STEK Gazza and Kelvin

Why do we need to buy £30m mercenary players when hardly any are worth it

So what has been wrong with any of the last four managers. So called proven PL managers usually have been sacked and the likes of Poch and Puel spend time developing players which for SFC is what is required

You are not a weirdo just some unrealistic mug with delusions of glory. Why not enjoy supporting the Saints like I have for the past sixty years or so in a period where we have had success for a number of years instead of whingeing . In the last sixty years I can assure you that the last six years have been the most successful but of course it will not last it never does just look at Liverpool not in Europe Man U not in the Champions League and past European Cup winners Nottm Forest and I think Villa too not even in the PL

I agree with your comments I am not really expecting much this season but I do feel that this team could develop into a very good team in the next season or two. But the problem with all PL teams is that there are so many teams offering obscene amount of money in wages that it may be impossible to keep our better players which has been the case so far

We won the Cup in 1976 and done nothing much in the last forty years a couple of relegations three promotions a couple of cup Finals the JPT Trophy win so I am not expecting much really. We are just an average PL team with average PL fans who expect too much but lets face it compared with the thousands of football teams in the country we are probably in to the top dozen or so our players are not that bad so lets not complain too much when they dont perform that well sometimes and make mistakes.

If you want regular European Football support some other team but I will support the Saints like I have for the last fifty years or so through thick and thin

Because it is likely that SFC will get more revenue if away tickets at St Marys is cheaper that is the point of sponorship for our club to get more money

The 1966 Man City game was not but first game but I remember it well as there were loads of their fans with knuckle dusters causing trouble at the Milton Road End something we had never experienced before. With regard to Ron he did score loads of goals but it was Paine and Sydenham who were key to his success

Independen economist's backed up by similar analysis in the Treasury and elsewhere, is that Brexit would not just cause a short term economic downturn: cutting wages and increasing unemployment for just a year or two. By making it harder to trade with our immediate neighbours it will reduce UK trade overall, and the evidence suggests that this will permanently reduce people’s living standards yes very optimistic

The only problem with that scenario is that it is very likely they will be worse off with BREXIT and wait longer for doctors appointments as less money will be available for the NHS. If they had voted Labour or Lib Dem in GE 2015 they probably would have been better off.